Call-out to early career researchers

We are conscious that Early Career Researchers face particularly anxious times at the moment. The impact of the Coronavirus and subsequent lockdown have made the existing issues ECRs already face (job isolation, job insecurity and competition, and balancing care responsibilities with anxieties around being ‘productive’ ) even more acute.

We want to reach out to fellow ECRs to understand and collate your experiences about how the crisis is impacting people differently. This would help us understand what the EGRG might do to help, and we’d also like to help connect ECRs with others who might be experiencing similar issues.

Please get in touch with the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Representatives of the EGRG, Harry Pettit (harry.pettit@newcastle.ac.uk) and Alexandra Dales (a.dales@yorksj.ac.uk), to tell us about the challenges you are facing as an ECR at the moment. Please also let us know if you’d be interested in a virtual webinar for ECRs to get together and share experiences. More to come, watch this space!